I would never buy a raw Proof coin on-line unless it was a recent issue in a government package Proof set. When I was building my 1936 to 1942...
The obverse is VF-25; the reverse is an EF-40. Since the obverse mostly grades the coin, you could call it a VF-30. No one could complain because...
I have both, but that’s because I’m a type coin nut who has been doing it for 60 years and who has dived beyond the norm with a type set. If you...
Okay, I goofed. I asked AI the wrong question. The mint mark was moved in 1968, but the "P" mint mark was not used until 1980. I tell you far...
The “P” mint mark is on the obverse which means the piece was issued 1968 or later. From what’s left, that narrows it down to 1969 or 1989. It...
Since I don't pay huge money for toning, I'd be out.
I remember a silver coin shortage in the mid 1960s but not a nickel shortage. This story is new to me, and I don’t remember reading about it in...
I don’t that there is a hotel facility which is big enough, unless the Baltimore show has gotten much smaller since I last attended it.
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Here are some Civil War tokens. This popular token was on the dust jacket of the old Fuld Civil War Store Cards book. [ATTACH] This was the...
I would grade the OP coin as a VG-10. The repeated appearance of the drepression on the face, points to a struck through situation. There was...
It was a reflection of the way the British valued their coinage. Back then the metal content mattered, especially for gold coins. If a gold coin...
I had this 1796 half dime bouced back at me in a body bag for cleaning. [ATTACH] Yet, PCGS give this screwed up half dime a VF-30. [ATTACH]...
There are three guys in my local club who were born in Delaware, including me. Only of them is really into Delaware stuff. I am rather into it,...
The survival rate on the 1916-D Mercury Dime and the 1909-S-VDB Cent make those coins much scarcer than this "lottery thing." You can't compare...
Sorry. Modern junk, no interest.
VF-35 sharpness. You might run into the cleaning issue, but the graders tend to give more leeway to early coins.
To continue the hijack, my grandmother had a cousin, Berdella Davis, who claimed to be related to Jefferson Davis.
The Adams inaugural medal did not make it to the 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens book, but there were comments about the portrait that...
Okay, let's try this version of the photo. The piece does have some tanish toning which makes it look a little brown, but it's mostly white....
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